cd/dvd player not turning on

I have a dell with xp system. Recently my cd/dvd player has been acting erractically. If I put a cd in, it will not play automatically. I can hear the motor turning but then it stops with the progarm not loading. If I go to My Computer, then D drive, it shows the cd but with 0 bytes size. If I try to start it by clicking on the D drive, it will not come on.

One weird note-- I have a game that will not normally load in the D drive. But it will load if I click on the game's desktop shortcut icon.

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